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Subscriber only A TOWNSVILLE man behind bars after two juries found him guilty of murdering his former boss has appealed his conviction amid claims a judge s direction was overly complicated . Businessman David Knyvett, 59, died of blunt force trauma after Kyle Robert Thompson, 32, beat him to death with an empty whiskey bottle. First responders were confronted with a grim scene when they found the 59-year-old bound by duct tape on the bathroom floor. He died after inhaling his own blood as a result of the severe injuries he suffered on November 15, 2015. At both trials Thompson admitted he killed Mr Knyvett, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and claimed he was provoked to kill the 59-year-old after an unwanted sexual advance tipped him over the edge after years of sexual abuse.
Overly complicated appeal after two murder convictions
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Overly complicated appeal after two murder convictions
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Subscriber only THE chilling final words of a Townsville woman killed in her own front yard by a man she employed to build her a new wardrobe have been heard in court. Pamela Frances Corless was struck on the back of her head with a one-and-a-half metre piece of timber after Mark Daniel Ferguson confronted her about money. On September 3, 2018, Ms Corless was found lying lifeless on her back by her son-in-law, three metres from her front door. In his opening statement, Crown Prosecutor Nigel Rees said Mr Ferguson admitted killing Ms Corless when he pleaded guilty to her manslaughter on Monday.
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Subscriber only The cause of death of six-week-old baby Matthew Riley Baxter remains a matter of speculation after Justice David North acquitted Nicholas Aaron Baxter for manslaughter in the Supreme Court on Tuesday. Mr Baxter, a former Australian soldier, was accused of killing his newborn son in Townsville almost a decade ago and jailed in 2017 after a jury found him not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter. The conviction was later overturned and a retrial was ordered by Queensland s Court of Appeal. Justice North ordered Mr Baxter be tried by a judge sitting without a jury and said a charge of manslaughter required proof beyond reasonable doubt that Mr Baxter caused his son s death and said proof to that standard is absent .